After the release of their third album, "Let Me In" (Purchase CD here), Kinetix is on a Roll! With a Summer tour starting with Summer camp and Wakarusa, the band bumped a date in South Dakota to Play Colorado's Legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater as a part of the Film on the Rocks Series. The movie was the Hangover, and the crowd was sold out. Kinetix played a great selection from their catalog, and gained many new fans, people expecting to cry with laughter, first danced their tails off.

What started as an unlikely duo of Jeff Austin of Younder Mountain String Band and Brendan Bayliss from Umphrey's McGee, turned into a musical supergroup. With the addition of Nick Forester (host of E-Town, and member of Hot Rize) on electric and slide guitar, Cody Dickenson (North Missisippi Allstars) on Drums, and Colorado bassist and producer Eric Thorin rounding out the sound, the people at the Fox on the 19th were in for a treat. This show marked the first stop of the short tour and and was by no means a sloppy show. The band was well rehursed and hit it hard from the get go. Jeff and Brendan's friendly banter back and forth let the fans know it was going to be a fun tour.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

It was a beautiful Colorado summer day, and an incredible line up for a Friday night at Red Rocks, the greatest place on earth! The night started off with State Radio who's hard slamin' Rock and reggae rhythm got the crowd movin as the amphitheater filled. Next on the bill was Medeski Martin and Wood, who added a jazzy groove to the vibes, and really got the energy bouncing off the rock walls. After MMW, Butler wanted to bring it back to earth, to pay respects to the indigenous people of the land he was about to overcome with his own musical expression. They sang and danced to traditional songs and brought the crowd of nearly 9000 to their feet. Then just before the native dancers left the stage, John Butler Trio erupted into "Used to get High". It was truly a magical moment to see the crowd really movin with the lights raging, the dancers in the background, and the band killin it!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Kinetix threw down a solid set of music to release their third full length album, "Let Me In" which is currently being featured on iTunes in the Rock on the Rise section, be sure to check it out. It was a sold out crowd and the fans in Denver were raging! If the energetic antics on stage didn't please your eyes, the light show was sure to blow your mind! Adam from Berner Lighting really helped take the visual aspects to a Peak.